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Ministry of Science & Technology
CSIR-NIScPR organised Patents Boot Camp to Create Patent Awareness among the Youth
National Institute of Science Communication and Policy Research , a constituent institute of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research  conducted a one-day boot camp on intellectual property rights  today on 31st July 2023. The aim was to create the awareness and enhance the understanding about Intellectual Property Rights among the research scholars, scientists and the youth. The event was organized under Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav to mark the culmination of Rashtriya Boudhik Sampada Mahotsav .
A session on Patent and IPR by Dr. Kanika Malik, Principal Scientist, CSIR-NIScPR
The event started with the welcome address of Dr. Tarakanta Jana, Senior Principal Scientist, CSIR-NIScPR and the Programme Coordinator of the Boot Camp. He welcomed all the participants and presented an overview of the boot camp including its aims and objectives. Dr. Sujit Bhattacharya, Head, Innovation Group, CSIR=NIScPR provided a brief introduction on patents and explained their necessity to the participants. Following this introduction, the Hon’ble Chief Guest, Prof. Unnat P. Pandit, Controller General of Patent, Design and Trademarks graced the occasion through his online inaugural speech. He talked about the importance of patents in protecting intellectual property and promoting IP-driven products and services for economic advancement. Using the term, “Techade” which was coined by Hon’ble Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi, meaning, “Technology Decade,” the Chief Guest stressed upon the effective technology utilization for deriving economic benefits as well as satiating various societal needs and the role of IPR in ensuring all this. Such boot camps are a way to involve ourselves in the process.
During the first session, Dr. Jana spoke in detail on the concepts; creativity, invention and innovation, and how they all are interconnected. An informative presentation was given by Dr. Kanika Malik, Senior Principal Scientist, CSIR-NIScPR on the IPR, Patents and various processes involved. A Chandigarh-based start-up, XLSCOUT also presented their noble innovation.
Valedictory and Concluding Session, dignitaries from left to right, Mr. Gourav Krishna, Sr. Principal Scientist, Innovation Protection Unit , CSIR HQ; Dr. Sujit Bhattacharya, Head, Innovation Group, CSIR-NIScPR; Dr. Jyoti Jadav, Head, CSIR-RAB, and Dr. Tarakanta Jana, Programme Coordinator.
In the second session, Mr. Gourav Krishna, Sr. Principal Scientist, Innovation Protection Unit , CSIR Headquarters, New Delhi talked about patent filing process , documents required, fees, etc. The boot camp ended with the remarks from Hon’ble Chief Guest for valedictory and concluding session, Dr. S.N. Maity, former Controller General of Patent, Design, and Trade. Among other dignitaries who joined the valedictory session included Dr. Jyoti Jadav, Head, Recruitment and Assessment Board , who shared her views saying such camp, which create and enhance the awareness of the public and scholars in various facets of intellectual property, are the need of the hour and should be organized frequently.
Ministry of Electronics & IT
UIDAI gets DSCI AISS Award for ‘Best Security Practices in Government Sector’
UIDAI CEO invites start-ups, others to collaborate on innovative indigenous information security technology projects
The Unique Identification Authority of India  has bagged a top data security award for best practices in the government sector.
Data Security Council of India , a not-for-profit, industry body on data protection in India, setup by NASSCOM awarded UIDAI for its significant role in securing national critical ‘Aadhaar’ infrastructure that provides digital identity based welfare services to residents.
The jury recognized the forward looking security strategy, good security practices for safeguarding residents’ demographic and biometric data and the proactive approach in addressing new age cyber security risks and threats through effective and efficient security governance and state of art security infrastructure deployment.
This award is another feather in the cap for UIDAI, which takes pride to be the first Government Organization to be Privacy Certified on leading industry standard  and one of the leading government institutions that is ahead in innovation and incubation of indigenized technology implementation.
The award was given in the just concluded three day ‘Annual Information Security Summit ’ of DSCI in New Delhi. Among over 270 nominations across five award categories, UIDAI was awarded by DCSI jury panel for ‘Best Security Practices in Government Sector’.
Earlier in the Inaugural session of the summit, UIDAI CEO Dr. Saurabh Garg spoke extensively on the proactive outlook of UIDAI that has fuelled the fast paced adoption of digital public goods to drive the digital economy in the country. He highlighted how several economies are reaching out to UIDAI for consultation on digital identity programs, and leading role that India can play in guiding them through the Digital Public Goods.
Dr. Garg invited start-ups and tech companies for collaboration, and do research on indigenized digital technology products with UIDAI.
Ministry of Women and Child Development
ICDS Entitlements
Under the Anganwadi Services Scheme there is a provision of providing growth monitoring and home visit services on a regular basis to the registered beneficiaries through Anganwadi Workers. In order to ensure growth monitoring of children and home visits, an incentive of Rs. 500 and Rs. 250 is provided per month to Anganwadi Workers  and Anganwadi Helpers . The State/UT wise details of growth monitoring of children is at Annexure I. State/UT wise details of ICDS implementation progress is at Annexure II .
Malnutrition in the country is assessed periodically by specialised National Family Health Survey  being conducted by Ministry of Health & Family Welfare with International Institute for Population Sciences  being the nodal agency for conducting the surveys using a standardized methodology. NFHS – 4 and 5 were conducted during 2015-16 and 2019-20 respectively. However, the recently released report of NFHS-5  is available for 22 States/UTs. Further, the Comprehensive National Nutrition Survey  was also conducted by Ministry of Health & Family Welfare during the year 2016-18.
Several initiatives were taken by MoWCD to ensure delivery of services under Anganwadi Services Scheme to the target beneficiaries. The Ministry issued guidelines on Quality Assurance, Roles and Responsibilities of Duty Holders, procedure for procurement, integrating AYUSH concepts and Data Management and Monitoring through 'Poshan Tracker' for transparency, efficiency and accountability in delivery of Supplementary Nutrition on 13th January, 2021.
During the pandemic, as per the MHA guidelines, all Anganwadi Centres across the country were closed to limit the impact of COVID-19. However, to ensure continuous nutritional support to Anganwadi beneficiaries, Anganwadi Workers and Helpers distributed Supplementary Nutrition at the doorsteps of beneficiaries once in 15 days and have distributed medicines as per requirement. Annexure attached.
This information was given by the Union Minister for Women and Child Development, Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.
President's Secretariat
President of India to visit Gujarat and Maharashtra from may 29 TO 30
The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, will visit Gujarat and Maharashtra from May 29 to 30, 2018.
On May 29, 2018, the President will be the Chief Guest at a felicitation function of cadaver organ donor family members in Surat. On the same day, he will also grace the annual convocation of the Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Surat, and present ‘Santokbaa Humanitarian Award’ to Dr Kiran Kumar, former Chairman, ISRO and Shri Kailash Satyarthi, Nobel Laureate.
On May 30, 2018, the President will review the passing out parade of the 134th course of the National Defence Academy in Khadakwasla. He will also unveil a statue of Matoshree Ramabai Bhimrao Ambedkar at the Matoshree Ramabai Bhimrao Ambedkar Garden in Pune and inaugurate the Sadhu Vaswani International School, Pune, before returning to Delhi.
Prime Minister's Office
PM extends greetings to Jewish people around the world on Rosh Hashanah
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has extended his warmest greetings to the Prime Minister of Israel, Yair Lapid, the friendly people of Israel, and the Jewish people around the world on the occasion of Rosh Hashanah.
The Prime Minister tweeted;
"Warmest greetings for Rosh Hashanah to my friend @yairlapid, Israel's friendly people and the Jewish community all over the world. May the new year bring good health, peace and prosperity to everyone. Shana Tova!"
Ministry of Education
Government has set up Atal Innovation Mission  to provide exposure to science and technology to students-Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’
The Government of India is encouraging the schools to provide exposure to science and technology to students so that they can be acquainted with futuristic technology platforms. Government has setup the Atal Innovation Mission  at NITI Aayog. The objective of establishing AIM is to create scientific temper and cultivate the spirit of curiosity and innovation among young minds. Towards this end, AIM is establishing Atal Tinkering Laboratories  across the country for students between grade 6th to 12th, equipped with latest emerging technologies such as electronics, IoT, 3D printing, Robotics, etc.
In schools, AIM facilitates to set up network of ATL in India. The vision of ATL initiative is to ‘Cultivate 1 Million children in India as Neoteric Innovators’. The objective of this scheme is to foster curiosity, creativity and imagination in young minds and inculcate skills such as design mind-set, computational thinking, adaptive learning, physical computing, rapid calculations, measurements, etc. As on date, 8878 schools have been selected and 4680 schools have been given the ATL grant in aid for establishment of ATL.
A total of Rs. 1000 crores are currently earmarked for AIM up to financial year 2019-20. There is no direct allocation of funds at a state/district level by AIM. The disbursement of the funds is directly made by AIM to the beneficiaries and administered centrally.
This information was given by the Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports in collaboration with Ministry of Home Affairs organises Tribal Youth Exchange Programme for the development of Tribal Youth
We plan to send our youth to different villages at the border and spend atleast a day there: Shri Anurag Singh Thakur
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports in collaboration with Ministry of Home Affairs organised 14th Tribal Youth Exchange Programme for the development of Tribal Youth today in New Delhi.
Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Shri Anurag Singh Thakur graced the occasion along with officials from the ministry.
On the occasion Shri Anurag Thakur said that the performances and presentations by the tribal youth were full of confidence and energy. “I'm happy that not only you have participated in this programme but also did a lot of research in a right way and presented your thoughts effectively,” he added.
Shri Anurag Thakur said, “The vision of PM Modi’s Ek Baharat Shrestha Bharat must be taken forward and , we plan to send our youth to different villages at the border and spend atleast a day there”.
Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan has been organizing Tribal Youth Exchange Programme since 2006 for the development and main streaming of Tribal Youth in collaboration and financial support from Department of Left Wing Extremism , Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India. During this financial year 2022-23, 26 Tribal Youth Exchange Programmes are being organized by NYKS across the country.
The aim of this programme is to sensitize LWE Tribal Youth to Rich Cultural Heritage of India and to enable them to appreciate the concept of unity in diversity, expose them to development activities and industrial advancement and at help the tribal youth to develop emotional linkages with their peer groups in other part of the country and enhance their self-esteem.
The duration of each Tribal Youth exchange Programme is of 7 days . 220 selected youth in the age group of 18-22 years are participating from Left Wing Extremist affected districts of Sukma and Rajnandgaon district of Chhattisgarh, Balaghat district of Madhya Pradesh and Jamui Districts of Bihar.
The key activities of this Tribal Youth exchange Programme is to have interactive session with Constitutional authorities, dignitaries and eminent personalities, Panel Discussions, Lecture Sessions, Activities under Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, Declamation Contest, Skill Development, Industry exposure visit related to Career Guidance, Exposure to on-going Sports events, Visit to CRPF Camp, Cultural Performances etc.
President's Secretariat
PRESS COMMUNIQUE
The President has been pleased to award Bharat Ratna to the following:
1. Shri Nanaji Deshmukh 
2. Dr Bhupen Hazarika 
3. Shri Pranab Mukherjee
Special Service and Features
Andhra floods : Seven trains to be cancelled on Tuesday
South Central Railway has notified partial restoration of train traffic in flood-affected Gudur – Vijayawada and Padugapadu – Nellore sections of Vijayawada Division today. The following trains are cancelled/diverted :
CANCELLATION
1. Train No. 22670 Patna Junction – Ernakulam Junction Weekly Superfast will be fully cancelled on 23rd November, 2021.
2. Train No. 12626 New Delhi – Thiruvananthapuram Central Daily Kerala Superfast will be fully cancelled on 23rd November, 2021.
3. Train No. 13351 Dhanbad Junction – Alappuzha Daily Express is fully cancelled on 22nd November, 2021
4. Train No. 12665 Howrah – Kanniyakumari Weekly Superfast is fully cancelled on 22nd November, 2021.
5. Train No. 22815 Bilaspur Junction – Ernakulam Junction Weekly Express is fully cancelled on 22nd November, 2021.
6. Train No. 17236 Nagercoil Junction – KSR Bengaluru Daily Express is fully cancelled on 22nd November, 2021.
7. Train No. 22642 Shalimar - Thiruvananthapuram Central Biweekly Superfast, fully cancelled on 21st November, 2021.
DIVERSION
1. Train No. 22641 Thiruvananthapuram Central – Shalimar Biweekly Express, that left Thiruvananthapuram Central. on Saturday, 20th November, 2021, has been diverted via Katpadi Jn. – Pakala Jn. – Dharmavaram Jn. – Dhone Jn. – Nandyal Jn. – Guntur Jn. – Vijayawada Jn.
2. Train No. 22877 Howrah Junction – Ernakulam Junction Weekly Antyodaya Express that left Howrah Jn. on Saturday, 20th November, 2021 has been diverted via Krishna Canal Jn. – Guntur Jn. – Nandyal Jn. – Dharmavaram Jn. – Yelahanka Jn. – Jolarpettai.
Ministry of Science & Technology
Cabinet apprised of Agreement between India and Uzbekistan on Cooperation in the field of Science, Technology and Innovation
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has been apprised of an Agreement on Cooperation in the field of Science, Technology and Innovation between India and Uzbekistan. The Agreement was signed on 1st October 2018 at New Delhi in the presence of the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and President of Uzbekistan Mr. Shavkat Mirayoyev, by the Minister for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, Dr. Harsh Vardhan on the Indian side and Minister of Innovative Development, Mr. Ibrohim Abdurakhmanov on the Uzbek side.
Benefits:
Signing of the Agreement will open a new chapter in bilateral relations, as both sides will now leverage complementary strengths spurred by a significant convergence of mutual interests in science and technology. The objective of the Agreement is to promote cooperation in the fields of science, technology and Innovation between the two countries. The stake-holders will include researchers from scientific organizations, academia, R&D laboratories and industries from India and Uzbekistan. Agriculture and Food Science and Technology; Engineering Sciences; Information and Communication Technology, Applied Mathematics and Data Science and Technology; Health and Medical Technology; Materials Sciences; Life Sciences & Biotechnology; Physics and Astrophysics and Energy, water, climate and natural resources were identified as potential areas for immediate collaboration.
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund  to incentivize investments in MSMEs and Private companies in animal husbandry sector.
Chandigarh, June 25, 2020
To incentivize investments in MSMEs and private companies in dairy & meat processing, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Wednesday approved setting up of Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund  worth Rs. 15,000 crore. This will also encourage value addition infrastructure and establishment of animal feed plant in the private sector. The eligible beneficiaries under the Scheme would be Farmer Producer Organizations , MSMEs, Section 8 Companies, private companies and individual entrepreneur with minimum 10% margin money contribution by them. The balance 90% would be the loan component to be made available by scheduled banks.
Government of India will provide 3% interest subvention to eligible beneficiaries. There will be 2 years moratorium period for principal loan amount and 6 years repayment period thereafter. A Rs.750 crore Credit Guarantee Fund would be set up and managed by NABARD. Credit guarantee would be provided to those sanctioned projects which are covered under MSME defined ceilings. Guarantee Coverage would be upto 25% of Credit facility of borrower.
Since almost 50-60% of the final value of dairy output in India flows back to farmers, the growth in this sector can have significant direct impact on farmer’s income. Farmers’ realization from milk sales is closely linked with development of organized off-take by cooperative and private dairies. Thus, investment incentivization in AHIDF would not only leverage 7 times private investment but would also motivate farmers to invest more on inputs thereby driving higher productivity leading to increase in farmers income.
Government had earlier approved the Dairy Infrastructure Development Fund  worth Rs. 10,000 crores for incentivizing investment by cooperative sector for development of dairy infrastructure.
Ministry of Science & Technology
India to host Council of Heads of Government  of SCO Member States next year
Eight SCO Member States’ Heads of Delegation signed the Protocol of 5th Meeting of Ministries and Departments of S&T, in Moscow
The 5th Meeting of Shanghai Cooperation Organization  Member States’ Heads of Ministries and Departments of Science and Technology and Permanent Working Group on S&T Cooperation concluded in Moscow, Russia yesterday. Secretary, DSIR & DG, CSIR, Dr. Shekhar C. Mande, led the Indian delegation.
Eight SCO Member States’ Heads of Delegation signed the Protocol of 5th Meeting of Ministries and Departments of S&T at the end of the three-day meeting.
The meeting agreed with India's proposal to host the SCO Forum of Young Scientists and Innovators in 2020. The leaders also approved holding of joint competition for SCO Multilateral R& D projects by end of 2020. Rules for joint competition and funding as well as financial support mechanism will be prepared and worked out in due course.
India will be the host of Council of Heads of Government  of SCO Member States in 2020, which will approve the Draft SCO Roadmap on cooperation between research institutions of SCO Member States for the period 2021-2023.
Ministry of Power
As part of ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’ 33/11kV 10 MVA Substation inaugurated in Bandipora, J&K
A 33/11kV 10 MVA Substation commissioned under the IPDS scheme of the Government of India was inaugurated in Nusso, Bandipora. Power Finance Corporation is the Nodal Agency for IPDS scheme.
The inauguration ceremony is a part of ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’ celebrations marking 75 years of India’s independence.
The project was inaugurated by Shri Rohit Kansal, Principal Secretary , Jammu & Kashmir, Dr. Basharat Qayoom, MD- KPDCL, Dr Owais Ahmed, DC- Bandipora along with Shri RS Dhillon, CMD, PFC and Shri PK Singh, Director  & Projects  - PFC, who joined the ceremony through a virtual platform. The inauguration ceremony was also attended by senior dignitaries from PFC & RECPDCL .
The substation which was sanctioned with a cost of Rs 3.85 crore will benefit more than 2400 households in areas of Nishat Bandipora, Baghi Bandipora, Nusso, Lankreshara, Papchan and the surrounding areas. Additionally, the substation will reduce the curtailment of power supply in the region.The substation will also ensure that the Ajar station gets relieved by 450 Amps of electricity.
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Month-long activities by NYKS and NSS as a part of 'Clean India Program'
A month long activities are being undertaken by the Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan  and the National Service Scheme  as a part of Clean India Campaign in the Country. The campaign is a part of ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ to commemorate 75years of India’s Independence.
Addressing a Press Conference here today, Shri Anshuman Prasad Das, State Director, Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan said as part of nation-wide drive, activities under Clean India programme are being taken up in all 33 districts till end of this month involving NYK and NSS volunteers in coordination with district administration. Special campaign for collection of waste plastic materials at village and district level, cleanliness drives at historical monuments, heritage sites, schools and panchayat buildings through voluntary work. Explaining about the schedule of NYK month-long activities, Shri Das said from 1-10th October cleanliness drive will be taken up at Railway and Bus stations, from 11th to 20th at educational institutions, public parks and historical monuments and awareness activities on cleanliness will be taken up from 21st to 31st October as part of this programme.
Speaking on the occasion, Shir R. Saida Naik, NSS Youth Officer, said a total of 1,39,800 volunteers in 21 universities are being involved in the Clean India programme in the state. In Telangana NSS has adopted 1391 villages in which a total of 354 KGs of single use plastic was collected by 21,154 volunteers in the last one week, he informed.
Smt. Shruti Patil, Director PIB &ROB, said that the Government of India hadlaunched the ‘Clean India’program on 1st October aiming at creating awareness on cleanliness as a part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav to commemorate 75years of India’s Independence. Department of Youth Affairs is the focal Ministry of theClean India Programmeto mobilize public opinion and ensure involvement of citizens to participate voluntarily in this nationwide drive of waste collection and their disposal, she said.
Ms. Khusbhu Gupta, District NYK Coordinator, Hyderabad, Shri K.C. Reddy, Youth Assistant, NSS were also present at the press conference.
Prime Minister's Office
PM greets people on Easter
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has greeted the people on the occasion of Easter.
In a tweet, the Prime Minister said, "Greetings on Easter!
On this day, we remember the pious teachings of Jesus Christ. His emphasis on social empowerment inspires millions across the world."
Prime Minister's Office
PM conveys his condolences to Smt Sonia Gandhi on passing away of her mother
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has conveyed his condolences to Smt Sonia Gandhi on the passing away of her mother, Mrs. Paola Maino.
The Prime Minister tweeted :
"Condolences to Sonia Gandhi Ji on the passing away of her mother, Mrs. Paola Maino. May her soul rest in peace. In this hour of grief, my thoughts are with the entire family."